CAMRA : Sheffield & District branch

	Campaigning for Real Ale, Pubs and Drinkers' rights since 1971 SHEFFIELD & DISTRICT BRANCH
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welcome to our website
The Campaign for Real Ale is a volunteer run consumer campaign organisation that promotes good beer and good pubs along with drinkers rights. We also have a strong social side too. This is the website for the Sheffield & District branch, here you will find details of what is going on locally in Sheffield and our part of North East Derbyshire and the Peak District. To find out more about CAMRA or to join online, visit the national website at www.camra.org.uk.
Whats new?
	The latest edition of our collectable Sheffield & District CAMRA pewter tankard features the logo of the Sheffield Brewery Company and is now available to buy. Contact Richard Ryan for more information - his number can be found on the contacts page.
	Voting will soon be opening for the Sheffield & District Pub of the year award. Look out for an envelope arriving through the post with your ballot paper along with AGM invite. In the meantime we have our Steel City Beer Awards - see the diary page.
	Read news from our local pubs and breweries in Beer Matters magazine.
	LocAle is a scheme promoting pubs that sell beer from a local brewery. Look for the window stickers and the pump clip crowns. Find out more in the accreditation schemes section.
	Due to popular demand, we have brought back the archive of pub crawl by public transport articles to the website. Click here to see them.
	We've got a number of socials and other events planned over the next few months including guided pub crawls, brewery tours and award presentations. Check out the diary page for more details.
	The Fat Cat pub is organising a Spring Kelham Island Beer Festival in a marquee on the Kelham Island Brewery car park from 18th to 21st March which will feature around 80 real ales, mostly new to the Fat Cat, along with cider, perry and live music. The event is advertised in the March issue of Beer Matters, advance tickets are available from the bar for £5. They are now recruiting staff and CAMRA members are welcome to apply.
	Three Valleys Beer Festival Saturday 17th July we are working with a number of venues in the Dronfield, Holmesfield, Bradway, Totley and Dore areas to bring you a big multi-venue beer festival with all the venues linked with the railway stations at Dore and Dronfield by a free bus service. Keep an eye out for more details as they get confirmed here.